Sheet-holder for type-writing machines.



J. A. WHERRY. SHEET HOLDFR FOR TYPE WRITING MACHINES.

APPLICATION FiLED MAR.I7,19I7.

Patented Apr. 8, 1919.

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Joann. WHERRY, or NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, ASSIGNOR To UNDERWOOD TYPE- wm'rnn COMPANY, or NEW YORK, N. Y., A oozarom'rron OFIDELAWARE. I

SHEET-HdLDER FOR TYPE-WRITING MACHINES.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it lmown that I, JOHN A. WHERRY, a citizen of the United States, residing in New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sheet-Holders for Type-Writing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates tocollating devices for use in typewriting machines and is herein disclosed as a flexible carrier adapted to have sheets placed and collated therein preparatori to insertion in the typewriting machine, t e carrier being so constructed that it, together with the sheets,,may be inserted into the typewriting machine.

In such devices, it is advantageous to provide means for holding sheets not only the full width of the collating. sheets, but also sheets which extend only partly across, the device, thus enabling a record sheet to be of one width, while the original or duplicate may be .of another width. The smaller sheet needs to be firmly held, and since it isheld onlyon one side, to prevent twisting, the

holding device must grip it securely at the side, and yet be of sucha character that it will pass around the platens of ordinary typewriting machines,

I these being machines in which the platen is revoluble and in which work-sheets are held against the platen by '.means of feed rolls.

- I have found it possible to obtain a satis-- factory device-of this character by making the carrier of a sheet of celluloid, or strong fibered paper, such for example, as pure rope manilla, and turning over-the edges of this sheet to form flaps for holding the work and I record sheets. In order to enable these flaps to securely hold the work-sheets and record sheets, I enable the fla to effectively cooperate with the body 0 the collating sheet by means of devices on the flap or sheet, or both. I find it advantageous to make these devices take the form of eyes, i.,e., openings; said. eyes advantageously 7 being eyelets let intothe sheet or flap, thus forming an I opening into which the work-sheets and rec- 0rd sheets'inay be pinchedlbymeans of cooperating projections, so placed on the sheet, as to face the center of the eyelet when the flap of the collating sheet is folded down .hold them securely.

Specification of Letters Patent.

to aid in positionin -work-sheets. Thus each 'eyelet and its pro ect1on Patented Apr. 8,1919.

Application filed March 17, 17. Serial in. 155,380;

The eyelets or projections, or both, add to the grip which the flattened-down flap gets on the work and record sheet, so that the mere bending of the collating sheet, in passing it around the platen of the typewriter, brings the flap against the body of the sheet with sufiicient pressure to make the projections cooperate with the-openings very ing how the gripping devices grip the record and work-sheets.

Flg. 4 is a section similar to Fig. 3, but

- showing a modification in which the boss is sharp and acts as an impaling pin. I r The collating sheet 1, which may be of suitable ledger paper or rope manilla, is

provided with longitudi ral flaps 2 and 3,

one being on each margln thereof, which are adapted to be folded down to overlie a record sheet 4, which, by means of a car- 'bon sheet 5, receives the impress of matter written on the original 6. Other record sheets or duplicate originals 7 and 8 may be provided for special kinds of work, each receiving its record by means of a carbon sheet 9. The collating sheet may also hold in [place a record ortally sheet 10, which, unlike the sheets 4, 6, 7 and 8, extends only part way across the face 1, and has above it and-corresponding thereto in size acarbon sheet 11, so that items written in certain parts of a line will be imprinted on the narrower sheet 10, whereas, items written in other parts of a line, will not be so imprinted.

The leading edge of the collating sheet is formed as a turned-over flap 12, the fold 13 of which may serve as an end gage for positioning one or more of the work-sheets.

The side folds 14 also may serve as gages In inserting the leading e go 12 into the machine it is folded down fiat, and in order to prevent the device, including the assembled work-sheets, from being very thick at the corners of the leading edge, the side flaps 2 and 3 are cut away as seen at 16, so that they underlie only a part'of the flap 12 when that is folded down.- i

In order to enable'the work and record' lating sheet 1 has its flaps folded down, the

work-sheets which lie between the projec-- tion 17 and the opening 18, are firmly gripped at that point.- The bosses 17, in the case of a paper body '1, are advantageously in the form of rivets, having a rather sharp dome to engage the Work-sheets.

In order to securely hold the work-sheets which may not lie against the folds 14, and, therefore, have not the benefit of said folds as a margin gage to assist in holding them from turning, thereis provided a series of these projections 17 and openings 18 foreach of the flaps 2 and 3, so that any worksheet, which is likely to be placed on the collating sheet 1, will be'gripped by at least two of each of the cooperating projections 17 and openings 18.

The gripping effect of the pro ections 17 and the openings 18 of course, is greatly enhanced by the bending of the collating sheet 1,,when it is passed around the platen 19 of the typewriter, because this bending which results from holding it against the platen by feed rolls 20 and guide rolls 21,

makes theflaps bind firmly against the body of the collating sheet. The openings 18 are advantageously made by inserting eyelets 22 into the collating sheet, and these not only serve to protect the margins of the openings 18, but also increase the gripping effect; of the projections because the eyelets form a slight thickening of the collating sheet 1 itself. Both the eyelets 22 and projections 17 are placed some distance from the edge of the flap in its folded down' position. In order to make.

the collating sheet 1 feed evenly and smoothly around the typewriting machine, with whatever sheets it holds, the eyelets 22 and projections 17 are advantageously placed, so that they lie between the usual feed rolls 20, which are spaced apart axially in most typewriting machines. Where the eyelets 22 and projections 17 are thus positioned, the feed rolls 20 get a firm grip on the smooth surface of the collating sheet and its flaps, and thus feed it forward evenly and smoothly.

It will be found usually desirable in placing work-sheets in the machine, to have the carbon sheets terminate under the flaps 2 and 3, but yet not extend so far under the V flaps as to reach the projections 17, they being placed in the. position best-shown in imlplrovements may be used without others.

aving thus described by invention, I claim:

1. A collating sheet adapted to be inserted in atypewriter 'around a curved platen, said sheet comprising a flexible body portion and a flexible side flap, one of said parts being with a boss so positioned as to register with said opening when said flap is in folded position, and cooperating therewith to form means for attaching a work-sheet to said 'provided with an opening, and the other collating sheet by gripping a portion of the inserted margin of the work-sheet between said boss and the, part of said collating sheet surrounding said opening.

2. A collating-sheet comprising a body ortion and a flap, oneof said parts being provided with an opening, and the other with a boss so positioned as to register with said opening when said flap is in folded pow sition, and cooperating therewith to form means for attaching a worksheet .to said I collating sheet by gripping a portion of the inserted margin of the work-sheet between said boss and the part of said collating'sheet surrounding said opening.

- 3. A collating sheet adapted to be'inserted' in a typewriter around a curved platen, said sheet comprising a flexible body portion and a flexible side flap, one of saidparts being provided with an opening, and the other with a boss so positioned asto register with said opening when said flap is in folded position, and cooperating therewith to form means for. attaching a worksheet to said collating sheet by gripping a portion of the inserted margin of the'work-sheet between said boss and the art of the collating sheet surrounding said opening, said collating sheet being provided with a thickened pro-' tecting marginal portion surrounding said opening and projecting slightlyfrom the surface facing said boss, so. as to enhance the gripping action.

4. A collating sheetadapted to be inserted in a typewriter around a curved platen, said sheet comprising a flexible body portion and a flexible side flap, one of said parts being provided with a plurality of openings, and the other with a plurality of bosses so positioned as to register with said openings when said flap is in folded position, and cooperating therewith to form means for attaching a work-sheet to said collating sheet by gripping portions of the inserted margin of the work-sheet between said bosses and the parts of the collating sheet surround- Y ing said openings.

5. A collating sheet adapted be in-' serted in a typewriter around a curved platen, said sheet comprising a flexible body portion and a flexible side flap, one of said parts being provided with a plurality of openings, and the other with aplurality of rojectlng elements so positioned as to register with ,said openings when said flap is in folded position, said projecting elements and their registering openings cooperating to form paper-fastening devices forattaching a work-sheet to said collating sheet by engagement with parts of the work-sheet margin inserted between saidbody portion 7 and said flap. j

6. A collating sheet adaptedto be inserted in a typewriter around a curved platen,

.said sheet comprising a flexible body portion and a air of flexible flaps, one at each side thereo each of said-flaps and the adjacent part of said body portion being rovided, theone with a plurality of open1ngs,and

the other with a plurality of projecting elements so ppsitioned as to register with said openings when said flapsare in folded position,said projecting elements and their registering openings cooperating to form paper-fastening devices for attaching a work-j sheet to said collating sheet byengagement with parts of the work-sheet margins in- :serted between said body portion and said flaps. I

. A collating sheet adapted to be insert- 1 ed in a typewriter around a curved platen,

said sheet comprising a flexible body portion and a pair of flexible flaps, one at each side of said body portion, each of said flaps and the adjacent part-of said body portion being provided, the one with a plurality of openings, and the other with a plurality of projecting elements so positioned as to register with said openings when said flaps are in folded position, said projecting elements and their registering openings codperating to formpaper-fastening devices for attaching a work-sheet to said collating sheet by engagement wlth parts of the work-sheet margins inserted between said body portion and said flaps, said collating sheet also comprising an end flap to overlie an edge of the work-sheet and an end of each of said side flaps so as to form a means for guiding the work-sheet around the platen.

8. FA collating ed in a'typewrlter around a curved platen, said sheet comprising a flexible body portion and a flexible side flap, one of said parts besheet adapted 'to be nsert" ing provided with an opening, and the other with a projecting element sojpositioned-as V to register with said opening when said flap is in folded position, saidprojecting element and its registering open ng-cooperating to form a paper-fastening device for attaching a work-sheet to said collatinggsheet by engagement with a part of the work-sheet margin inserted between. said body portion "and said flap, said collating sheet also comprising an end flap to overlie an edge of the work-sheet and one end of said side flap so as to form a means for guiding the Worksheet around the platen.

9. A collating sheet comprising a body portion and a side flap, one of said parts being provided with an opening, and the other with a projecting element so positioned as to register with said opening, when said flap isin-folded position, said projecting element and its registering-opening cooperating to form a paper-fastening device for attaching a-work-sheet to said collating sheet by engagement with a part of the work-sheet margin inserted between said body portion and said flap, said collating .m'ent and its registering opening cooperating to form a paper fastening device to engage the margin of a work-sheet wheninserted between-said body portion and said 11. A collating' sheet comprising a body portion and {a flap, one of sald parts being provided with a plurality ofopenings, and

I the other, with a plurality of projecting elements so positioned as to register with said openings when said flap is-in folded position, said projecting elements and their registering openings "coiiperating, to form paper-fastening devices to engage the margin of a work-sheet when inserted betwefl-r said flap and said body portion.

12.;fA collating sheet comprising a body portion and 'a flap, one of said parts being provided with an open ing and the other with a boss so positioned as to register with said opening when said flap is in folded position, and cooperating therewith toform means for attaching a work-sheet to said collating sheet by gripping a portion ofthe' inserted margin of the work-sheet between saidboss and the part of the collating sheet surrounding said opening, said collating sheet being provided with a thickened protecting marginal portion surrounding said opening and projecting" slightly from the surface facing said boss, so as to enhance the gripping action.

'13. A collating sheet adapted to be inserted in a typewriter, around a curved 5 platen, said sheet comprising a flexible body portion and a flexible side flap, one of said parts being provided-with an opening, and the other with a'projecting element so positioned as to register with said opening 1 when said flap is in folded position, said projecting element and its registering opening cooperating to form a paper-fastening device to'engage the margin of a work-sheet when inserted between said flap and said body portion.

JOHN A. WHERRY. 

